This is a list of subsidiaries owned by ABS-CBN Corporation , a Philippine media and entertainment conglomerate based in Quezon City. [1] This also includes business segments that are owned and operated by the company including its blocktime agreements with other television networks and platforms.
Corporate name | Place of incorporation | Principal activities | Functional currency | Percentage of ownership |
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ABS-CBN Australia Pty. Ltd. | Victoria, Australia | Content development and distribution | AUD | 100% |
ABS-CBN Canada, ULC | Canada | Content development and distribution | CAD | 100% |
ABS-CBN Canada Remittance, Inc. | Canada | Services - money remittance | CAD | 100% |
ABS-CBN Center for Communication Arts, Inc. (Star Magic) | Philippines | Education/Training | PHP | 100% |
ABS-CBN Convergence, Inc. | Philippines | Telecommunications | PHP | 69.3% |
ABS-CBN Digital Media (ABS-CBN Interactive, Inc.) | Philippines | Online and interactive media | PHP | 100% |
ABS-CBN Europe Ltd. | United Kingdom | Content development and distribution | GBP | 100% |
ABS-CBN Europe Remittance, Inc. | United Kingdom | Services - money remittance | GBP | 100% |
ABS-CBN Film Productions, Inc. (Star Cinema/ABS-CBN Films) | Philippines | Film production and distribution | PHP | 100% |
ABS-CBN Global Cargo Corporation | Philippines | Non-vessel operations common carrier | PHP | 100% |
ABS-CBN Global Ltd. | Cayman Islands | Holding company | USD | 100% |
ABS-CBN Global Hungary Kft. | Budapest, Hungary | Holding company | USD | 100% |
ABS-CBN Global Netherlands B.V. | Amsterdam, Netherlands | Intermediate holding and financing company | EUR | 100% |
ABS-CBN Global Remittance, Inc. | California, USA | Services - money remittance | USD | 100% |
ABS-CBN Integrated and Strategic Property Holdings, Inc. | Philippines | Real estate | PHP | 100% |
ABS-CBN International, Inc. | California, USA | Content development and distribution | USD | 100% |
ABS-CBN Japan, Inc. | Japan | Content development and distribution | JPY | 100% |
ABS-CBN Middle East Free Zone LLC | Dubai, UAE | Content development and distribution | AED | 100% |
ABS-CBN Middle East LLC | Dubai, UAE | Trading | AED | 100% |
ABS-CBN Publishing, Inc. | Philippines | Print publishing | PHP | 100% |
ABS-CBN Shared Service Center Pte. Ltd. | Singapore | Services - support | SGD | 100% |
ABS-CBN Studios, Inc. | Philippines | Production facility | PHP | 100% |
ABS-CBN Telecom North America, Inc. | California, USA | Telecommunications | USD | 100% |
ABS-CBN Themed Experiences, Inc. | Philippines | Attraction center | PHP | 100% |
ABS-CBN Theme Parks and Resorts Holdings, Inc. | Philippines | Holding company | PHP | 100% |
Bisaya Cable Television Network, Inc. | Philippines | Cable telecommunication | PHP | 59.4% |
Bright Moon Cable Networks, Inc. | Philippines | Cable telecommunication | PHP | 59.4% |
Cavity Cable Corporation | Philippines | Cable telecommunication | PHP | 59.4% |
Cebu Cable Television, Inc. | Philippines | Cable telecommunication | PHP | 57.4% |
Cepsil Consultancy and Management Corporation | Philippines | Cable telecommunication | PHP | 59.4% |
Cinescreen, Inc. | Philippines | Theater operation | PHP | 100% |
Columbus Technologies, Inc. | Philippines | Holding company | PHP | 70% |
Creative Programs, Inc. | Philippines | Content development and distribution | PHP | 100% |
Davao Cableworld Network, Inc. | Philippines | Cable telecommunication | PHP | 59.4% |
Discovery Mactan Cable, Inc. | Philippines | Cable telecommunication | PHP | 41.6% |
E-Money Plus, Inc. | Philippines | Services - money remittance | PHP | 100% |
First Ilocandia CATV, Inc. | Philippines | Cable telecommunication | PHP | 54.9% |
HM Cable Networks, Inc. | Philippines | Cable telecommunication | PHP | 59.4% |
HM CATV, Inc. | Philippines | Cable telecommunication | PHP | 59.4% |
Home-Lipa Cable, Inc. | Philippines | Cable telecommunication | PHP | 35.6% |
Hotel Interactive Systems, Inc. | Philippines | Cable telecommunication | PHP | 59.4% |
Iconnect Convergence, Inc. | Philippines | Service - call center | PHP | 100% |
Isla Cable TV, Inc. | Philippines | Cable telecommunication | PHP | 59.4% |
JMY Advantage Corporation | Philippines | Cable telecommunication | PHP | 56.4% |
Mactan CATV Network, Inc. | Philippines | Cable telecommunication | PHP | 56.6% |
Medianow Strategies, Inc. | Philippines | Marketing, sales, and advertising | PHP | 79.7% |
Moonsat Cable Television, Inc. | Philippines | Cable telecommunication | PHP | 59.4% |
Pacific CATV, Inc. | Philippines | Cable telecommunication | PHP | 58% |
Pilipino Cable Corporation | Philippines | Cable telecommunication | PHP | 59.4% |
Play Innovations, Inc. | Philippines | Theme park | PHP | 73% |
Play Innovations Hungary Kft. | Budapest, Hungary | Theme park | USD | 73% |
Professional Services for Television & Radio, Inc. | Philippines | Services - production | PHP | 100% |
Rosetta Holdings Corporation | Philippines | Holding company | PHP | 100% |
Sarimanok News Network, Inc. | Philippines | Content development and distribution | PHP | 100% |
Sapientis Holdings Corporation | Philippines | Holding company | PHP | 100% |
Satellite Cable TV, Inc. | Philippines | Cable telecommunication | PHP | 59.4% |
Star Recording, Inc. (Star Music) | Philippines | Music recording | PHP | 100% |
Star Songs, Inc. (Star Music Publishing) | Philippines | Music publishing | PHP | 100% |
Suburban Cable Network, Inc. | Philippines | Cable telecommunication | PHP | 54.8% |
Sunvision Cable, Inc. | Philippines | Cable telecommunication | PHP | 59.4% |
Sun Cable Holdings, Inc. | Philippines | Cable telecommunication | PHP | 59.4% |
Sun Cable Systems Davao, Inc. | Philippines | Cable telecommunication | PHP | 59.4% |
Sky Cable Corporation | Philippines | Telecommunications | PHP | 59.4% |
Sky Vision Corporation | Philippines | Holding company | PHP | 75% |
Tarlac Cable Television Network, Inc. | Philippines | Cable telecommunication | PHP | 59.4% |
Telemondial Holdings, Inc. | Philippines | Holding company | PHP | 59.4% |
The Big Dipper Digital Content & Design, Inc. | Philippines | Digital content archiving and licensing | PHP | 100% |
TV Food Chefs, Inc. | Philippines | Services - food and restaurant | PHP | 100% |
United Infrastructure Corporation | Philippines | Services - Infrastructure development company | PHP | 75.9% |
Here is a list of companies where ABS-CBN holds economic interest:
Corporate name | Place of incorporation | Principal activities | Functional currency | Percentage of interest |
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ALA Sports Promotions International, Inc. | Philippines | Sports promotion | PHP | 44% |
Daum Kakao (Philippines) Corporation | Philippines | Services - messaging app | PHP | 50% |
Star Cinema Productions, Inc. | Philippines | Film production | PHP | 45% |
The Flagship, Inc. | Philippines | Services - post production/visual effects | PHP | 40% |
Transmission Specialists, Inc. | Philippines | Services - Transmitter installation and maintenance | PHP | 35% |
ABS-CBN reports its business into several categories or business segments. Listed below are the active products and services operating under these segments (including block time agreements with other television networks and platforms):
ABS-CBN Corporation is a Filipino media company based in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines. It is the largest entertainment television and film production, program syndication provider, film distributor and media conglomerate in the Philippines. It is a subsidiary of Lopez Holdings Corporation, which is owned by the López family. ABS-CBN was formed by the merger of Alto Broadcasting System (ABS) and Chronicle Broadcasting Network (CBN). The conglomerate is metonymically called as "Ignacia" due to the location of its headquarters ABS-CBN Broadcasting Center along Mother Ignacia Street in Quezon City.
The Filipino Channel, commonly known as TFC, is a global subscription television network owned and operated by the Philippine media conglomerate ABS-CBN Corporation. Its programming is composed primarily of imported programs produced and distributed by ABS-CBN Studios and ABS-CBN News, targeting the Filipino diaspora. Available globally on various television platforms, TFC launched on September 24, 1994, and was the world's first trans-Pacific Asian broadcaster.
Cinema One is a Philippine pay television channel targeted to the Filipino diaspora. It is owned by Creative Programs Inc., a subsidiary of Philippine media conglomerate ABS-CBN Corporation. Its programming includes a lineup of mainstream and independent local and foreign films distributed by Star Cinema, Regal Entertainment and rarely, OctoArts Films, film-related programming, and original made-for-television films. An international feed called Cinema One Global is also available worldwide as part of TFC premium channels via cable, satellite, iWantTFC and TFC IPTV.
ABS-CBN News and Current Affairs, known on-air as ABS-CBN News, is the news and current affairs division of the Philippine media conglomerate ABS-CBN Corporation. The division is the country's largest international news gathering and broadcast organization, maintaining several foreign news bureaus and offices through ABS-CBN's Global division.
Creative Programs, Inc. (CPI) is a subsidiary of ABS-CBN Corporation that operates and distributes pay TV channels and provides pay-per-view services to direct-to-home satellite and cable television providers in the Philippines. Since 2019, CPI also engages in book and magazine publishing through its subsidiary ABS-CBN Publishing, following their merger.
Lopez Holdings Corporation is a Filipino conglomerate founded by the brothers Eugenio Lopez, Sr. and Fernando Lopez, Sr. It has substantial holdings in the public service and utilities sector in the Philippines and serves as the Lopez family's publicly listed holding company for investments in major development sectors such as broadcasting and cable; telecommunications; power generation and distribution; manufacturing; and property development. It added to its portfolio investments in other basic service sectors but has also since sold its interest in banking, toll roads, information technology, and health care delivery.
Kapamilya Channel is a 24-hour Philippine pay television network operated by the López-owned media company ABS-CBN Corporation. The network is headquartered at ABS-CBN Broadcasting Center in Quezon City. As with the company's predecessor, the channel also carries a high definition 1080i resolution feed.
TeleRadyo Serbisyo is a Philippine pay television channel owned by Media Serbisyo Production Corporation, a joint venture between Prime Media Holdings and ABS-CBN Corporation, with ABS-CBN News as its main content provider, and is available on cable providers throughout the Philippines. TeleRadyo Serbisyo is also simulcasted via The Filipino Channel (TFC) and it can be heard and viewed online via its YouTube channel and iWantTFC. TeleRadyo was also included as a digital subchannel on digital terrestrial television seen via the ABS-CBN TVplus digital TV receivers and other digital TV boxes, until its discontinuation on November 1, 2022. However, on May 27, 2024, the channel resumed its digital free-to-air broadcast via Prime TV's feed. The channel was previously used to simulcast the programs of ABS-CBN's flagship AM radio station, DZMM 630 before the latter went off the air on May 5, 2020 due to a cease and desist order of the National Telecommunications Commission together with ABS-CBN, S+A, and MOR Philippines. The channel went back on-air and online on May 8, 2020 as TeleRadyo, resuming the programming of the former DZMM. On June 28, 2021, TeleRadyo started to broadcast in high-definition feed on YouTube and Facebook while selected shows are being broadcast on Kapamilya Channel and The Filipino Channel in HD. The channel rebranded to TeleRadyo Serbisyo on June 30, 2023 coinciding with the launch of its radio counterpart Radyo 630 under the joint venture of Prime Media and ABS-CBN.
iWantTFC is a Filipino over-the-top content platform and production company owned and operated by ABS-CBN Digital Media, a division of ABS-CBN Corporation, formed in 2020 through the merger of two streaming services iWant and TFC Online. In addition to offering on-demand contents of ABS-CBN, iWantTFC also live streams linear channels such as Kapamilya Channel, DWPM/TeleRadyo Serbisyo, ANC and Knowledge Channel.
Dreamscape Entertainment is a Philippine television production and entertainment company of ABS-CBN Studios, a division of ABS-CBN Corporation, that supplies telenovelas for its namesake television network ABS-CBN, and sister channels and online platforms. It was founded by the late Roldeo T. Endrinal where it served as its head from August 17, 1992 until his death on February 3, 2024.
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A2Z is a Philippine free-to-air blocktime broadcast television network based in Quezon City, with its studios located in Ortigas Center, Pasig. It serves as a flagship property of ZOE Broadcasting Network in partnership with ABS-CBN Corporation as its main content provider through a blocktime agreement. A2Z's flagship television station is DZOE-TV which operates on channel 11, and channel 20. The network's name is an abbreviation derived from the first letter of the names of two media companies, ABS-CBN and ZOE, and the channel number of the now-recalled frequency of the former network.
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